Filled bangkok hat and process for making same



C. S. KATZ.

FILLED BANGKOK HAT AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2, 1920.

1,391,546. PatentedSept. 20,1921.

anon Mom 315 1d 4 v WM CHARLES S. KATZ, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

FILLED BANGKOK HAT AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME.

1,391,546. Specification of Application filed June 2,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, CHARLES S. KATZ. a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invent ed certainnew and useful Improvements in a Filled Bangkok Hat and Process forMaking Same, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates tohats known as Bangkok hats which areconstructed of a leaf somewhat similar to a palmetto leaf said hatsbeing unbleached in their finished form, presenting a lightish brownappear? ance when completed. All attempts to fill such a hat haveheretofore proven futilefor the reason that the material from which thehat was made would turn the filler as though oiled and it would run offwithout having any effect whatever on the hat. Attempts made to producea bleached hat of this character were unsuccessful for the reason thatthe hat when bleached presented an unattractive appearance and inaddition was sponge-like in texture and absorbed moisture readily sothat it would not retain its shape or stand up under weather conditions.

The object of this invention is to produce a filled Bangkok hat whichwill resist weather conditions, that is one which does not readilyabsorb moisture and will more effectively retain its shape underexposure to all kinds of weather than either a Panama or an unfilledBangkok.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a hat constructed inaccordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view of an untreated Bangkok hat;and

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the completed treated hat.

It has been found that while an unbleached Bangkok hat cannot be filledthe hat after being bleached may be filled and that when a suitablefiller having the gen- Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 386,050.

eral characteristics of a Panama or Toyo filler is applied to a bleachedBangkok hat that it will produce a hat attractive in appearanee, lighterthan a Panama, which has greater body than the ordinary unfilled Bangkokhat and which will resist weather conditions better than either a Panamaor an ordinary Bangkok owing to the fact that the filled Bangkok hatdoes not readily absorb moisture and retains its shape when exposed todampness.

Any suitable fillermay be used such for instance as that described inPatent No. 1,315,605,granted to Charles S. Katz, September 9, 1919 andconsisting of zinc oxide, four pounds, magnesium sulfate two pounds,sulfur eight pounds, alcohol one-quarter gallon, a gelatinous substancesuch as Gallo sizing or gum tragacanth one gallon, for maldehyde in itscommercial state one sixteenth of a pint and glycerin one pound. Thissolution is applied to the surface of the hat with a sponge and afterdrying the surface is rubbed off with a clean cloth leavingtheinterstices between the straw filled.

In Fig. 2 a detailed section of an untreated Bangkok hat is shown, thefiber shown at 1 being in its natural state while in Fig. 3 a similarsection is shown with the fiber 1 covered by the filler 2 having saidfiller arranged in the interstices between the fiber.

What is claimed is:

1. As an article of manufacture a bleached filled Bangkok hat. I

2. A process of making a filled Bangkok hat which consists in firstbleaching the hat and then applying a filler thereto.

3. A process of making a filled Bangkok hat which consists in firstbleaching the hat and then applying thereto a filler having. the generalcharacteristics of a Panama or Toyo In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature

